Wagon-wheel



(No Model.)

A. DBLKESGAMP.

WAGON WHEEL.

Patented Deo. 5,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe ADOLPH DELKESOAMP, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

WAGON- WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,635, dated December 5, 1882.

' Application nieu May 2o, ieee. (No modem .To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPH DELKEsoAMP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles ,and l do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionv of the ence being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and lign res of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a vertical sectional view of the wheel. Fig. 2is a frontview. t

This invention has relation to wagon or carriage wheels to be manufactured of iron or steel; and Vit consists in the construction and novel arrangement ot' the axle-box having a shoulder around its body portion facing toward its threaded end, an annular spoke-holder litting on said axle-box, and having lateral rimlangs inclined upward and perforated to receive the threaded ends of the oblique. or staggered spokes, the interior and exterior nuts enthe main fastening-nut engaging the threaded end ofthe axle-box, all as hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the axle-box, which is formed with the inner tapering' bearing, b, for the spindle c, and is threaded exteriorly at d around its outer end. A shoulder, e, is made around its body portion, facing its threaded end, and between said shoulder and threaded end is a round bearing, g. On this bearing lits the eye h of the spoke-holder K, which is of annular form, consisting of a body, l, and lateral annular liangcsf, inclined upward and outward from its outer or rim portion. These rimdan ges are on each side of the body portion of the spoke-holder, and when thelatter is in place on the axle box there is on each side an anthe axle-box. The rim-anges are somewhat outwardly inclined or daring, the inclination of each iiange being such that a plane tangent thereto at the point of engagement of one of the oblique or staggered spokes N is normal to the axial line of the spoke. Each ange is provided with aseries of perforations, p, and the perforations of the two series are arranged in zigzag order, to provide for the alternation of the spokes in their en gagementwith the threaded perforations r of the rim or hoop S ofthe wheel. These perforations are bored obliquely in two directions alternately to suit theinclined spokes of each side of the wheel. The spokes N, are simple rods or tubes having threaded ends s to engage the perforations i' of the hoop S, and threaded ends s', which pass` ing the threaded end ot' the axle-box is thev `large main nut V, which secures the spokeholder firmly in position against the shoulder e ot' the axle'box. Theinner and outer nuts of the spokes bear rmly against thc rim-flanges, because of their inclination or flare, and the joint at this portion is therefore very strong.

Ornamental caps t0 may be located at the ends of the spokes next the hoop and spokeholder, if desired. Y

The entire wheel can be taken apart and put together wit-h great facility. lts parts are exceedingly simple in form, and easily replaced if broken or injured.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

An iron or steel wheel having anaxlebox formed witha shoulder, e, and threaded end d, the annular spokeholder K. having the eyehearing h, and the inclined or flaring rim- 'tlangesjl perforated at 1o, the oblique or staggered spokes N, having threaded ends, and the outer or shoulder nuts, z, and inner or tie nuts, a', engaging the rimflanges and threaded ends ofthe spokes,and the large nut V, securing the spoke-holder to the axle-box, substantially as' specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto lsubscribed my name in .the presence of two witnesses. i

ADoLPH DELKEseAMP.

Witnesses:

E. S. Lewis, E. L. BRoNsoN.

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